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“Ownership Crisis” in Boomer Businesses
The retirement of Baby Boomers is greatly affecting the business world in a weird way. There is an overabundance of available businesses being left in the wake of the retirement exodus. Many of these businesses are failing to find buyers…
Marketing to Different Generations
Companies are starting to rethink their advertising priorities and are realizing that they need to differentiate their ads based on their target demographic. These companies have been hesitant in the past to intentionally target older demographics unless they were marketing…
Baby Boomers and the Health Care Business
Baby Boomers are becoming one of the largest driving forces in the health care sector. Boomers hold a lot of sway as the hold most of the wealth and the health care market is shifting to accommodate this demographic. Boomers…
Millennial Business Owners Building Off of Previous Generations
Millennials are the newest players in the job market and have entered the small business game in big numbers. Millennials are bolder and more confident than those that came before them as well. Perhaps it comes with youthfulness and maybe…
Candidates on Social Security
Many candidates have been silent on the topic of Social Security. Those that have talked about it, though, all have their own proposed solutions that will “fix” the system. Most proposals are aimed at solving the insolvency issue, the prevailing…
Confusions Abound in New System
The recent changes to Social Security has been befuddling even experienced experts since its inception at the tail end of last year. To make matters worse, no explanation has been posted on the official site until just last week. This…
Details you should know about taxes in retirement
For retirement financial planning purposes, it’s important to factor tax consequences into your income management strategies. In an article posted on money.usnews.com, Staff Writer Kate Stalter provides some hints on what you need to consider. Read the article here… Notice: The link provided above…
Recapping the Candidates’ Social Security Plans
Here’s a quick assessment of the positions taken on Social Security reform by the five leading presidential candidates. They are quite diverse, and attack the issue from several different viewpoints. Read the article posted on www.record-eagle.com by columnist Jason Tank…
Social Security Disability Benefits
The Disability aspect of the Social Security System is expected to run out of funding a full decade before the retirement aspect in 2022. This is the reason that there was recently a cut in benefits payed out by 19%…
How Boomer Debt Affects Millennials
Millennials have been shying away from accruing debt thus far so as to not compound with their already staggering student debts. Millennials watched throughout the recession how crippling defaults and bankruptcies could be and have since steered away from amassing…